Originally Posted by mnsam

Thanks! I'll check those out. Was thinking of buying in the next few days, but now looks like I have more test rides to do

LBS called the cross rip a cyclocross, but looking at the choice of tires and gearing it's pretty obvious it's not. If I went the route of the cross rip, would it be tough enough for easy to intermediate single track? I have my 29er for single track, but would be to have a different bike to take out on easier to intermediate stuff every now and then for a new challenge.